We found out we're getting a 2% raise and layoffs. I was braced for no raise, so I'm glad for the 2%. It's not enough, but it's better than nothing. I'm sad about the layoffs, though.

Oh, and a thought about why give someone $150,000 plus $150,000 bonus.

Many reasons to pay a high percent in bonuses:
1)Bonuses go down as well as up. You can reduce the size of bonus because times are bad, or because the payee did a bad job.
2)You can eliminate bonuses altogether in a really bad time.
While the financial strain is the same the, the ego blow is not as much. That is why unions like wages and managers prefer as much compensation as possible in bonuses: more control, and more employee tolerance for cuts.

Insomnia bites. Headache-induced insomnia bites more. I've been trying to find a tolerable position for at least an hour. I think I'm going to give up and go to the ER.

Sorry, ita!

It's 11F here, but is supposed to go up into the 20s later... and tomorrow supposed to hit 45. Me, I'm wishing I'd held onto my leg warmers from back in the 80s, because that would be just the thing to wear over my jeans today....

57 here this morning when I left the house. Joblessness aside, I'm really happy to have spent this winter in LA.

I hope you're ok, ita.

Theo, Sock Dreams sell them! They've never truly gone out of style.

I think it's probably at least 78 out by now - realistically closer to 82.

We're looking at a definite step freeze going into this next year, but they've announced they'll only be cutting a few teaching positions district-wide, and those people have already been told. Mine seems to be safe, although apparently my certification is still in question.

It is something of a near miss -- one cut is a guy who started at the same time I did, and we each would have been better qualified for the other's job.

Up to 13F now... I'm off to a networking meeting, which is encouraging even if there's no leads.

I'm going to give my two cents about the salary cap, just because... well, just because. Although I think $500,000 sounds like ridiculous, fantastic, unimaginable money, I also think the executives and their families live lifestyles based on an expectation of much more. Although that's no argument for keeping the salaries indefinitely, I worry about the unintended consequences (mainly on the families) of cutting them suddenly. It's not just the people who are making the money (and who maybe made the mistakes) who will be affected, is what I'm saying. I think a cut from several million to $500,000 isn't just going to be taking the coke-and-hookers money off the top.

That said, I'd like $500,000, please.